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3 Business Days Remain. Get Your it Award Apps In. (and a recap from last week’s conference call)

Last Thursday, we offered it Award applicants an opportunity to hop on the phone with members of the C.Fox team for a 30-minute conference call about the it Award.  Some terrific questions were posed, so we’ve captured just a few of them here for those who are still working on last minute edits to their own applications. Have a read and feel free to reach out to me, Julia Halloran, at julia@cfoxcommunications.com with any outstanding questions leading up to this week’s deadline. Thanks and good luck!

First, someone asked about the requirement to have 10 full-time staff members.

Truth is, we will accept applications from organizations who have less than 10 full-time staff members. However, we do require that the organization has the resources necessary to devote to the it Award, and the smaller the staff, the more strapped for time people tend to be.  If you have 6 full-time staff and 3 or 4 part-time staff, for instance, we’ll still be glad to accept your application.  Just be sure that you’ve got the time to devote to the award process, and execution of the final plan. We want an it Award winner who is as devoted to this process as we will be devoted to them.

 

Another organization asked about testimonials.

We want to hear from an individual who has benefitted from your organization’s work, or seen the power of your work first-hand, but who is not a member of your staff.  It’s important to note here that if you have a wonderful letter that was developed for another grant opportunity, we’re happy to accept a copy of it.  You don’t need to develop something new for this application. Simply show us the best example you have of the impact of your work. If what you have is a video statement, we’ll gladly watch it. Whatever the form, send us your best testimonial!

 

We also received a question about our past it Award winners.

Our 2010 it Award winner was N Street Village and our 2011 it Award winner was the National Center for Victims of Crime.  You can find case studies on our work with each organization at http://cfoxcommunications.com/case_studies.html.

 

January Went to the Dogs

Puppies and kittens usually give most people that feeling of warmth and happiness. Helping those in need also makes people feel good. We love the feeling that animals and serving others gives us so we decided to combine the two for our annual holiday giving campaign. This year we chose to give to the Washington Animal Rescue League’s Project Rescue, a program that offers support to families who find it difficult to care for their pets during these economically trying times.

But simply cutting a check isn’t how we like to do things. We like to dig in, and this year that involved a giant spoon and a pint of Bone Appétit, the custom ice cream flavor we created with Moorenko’s Ice Cream to raise funds for Project Rescue.

Bone Appétit was sold exclusively at Moorenko’s Ice Cream in Silver Spring during the month of January, and every last pint that Moorenko’s packaged was sold- what a success!

We want to extend a big thank you to Susan Soorenko and her team at Moorenkos for letting us take over the shop on January 14 for our Bone Appétit taste test, and to everyone who braved the January cold to give Bone Appétit a try. Check out our flickr account to see if we snagged a picture of you lapping up this delicious treat!

This week, we tallied up the sales from Bone Appétit and matched every dollar two to one, in support of the Washington Animal Rescue League and their wonderful Project Rescue program.